2004 Roxbury Race #41

Down Chalybes

December 4, 2004

8:30 am. 28 degrees, partly cloudy

   

Merrick, Krebs win Finale

  A year ago, the last race of the season was postponed a week because of a nasty snow storm.  This year, it was plenty cold, low to mid 20's, but the skies were clear, the times were fast, and the results were familiar.  

    Ken Merrick and Theresa Krebs each won their 18th races of the 41 race season.  Ken ran a dominating 13:35, one of the fastest times of the season against one of the strongest fields of the season.  Meanwhile, Theresa Krebs finished 16th overall in 16:46.

    As a measure of how strong this week's field was, we note that last week, five people finished in under 15:00, but this week, that time earned Mike Abraham only 10th place.

    There were some small dramas in the race.  The Fossil, Ed Sandifer, entered the race in tenth place, two points ahead of Jeff Tindell, who in turn was two points ahead of Tom McNulty.  Tom finished several places behind the other two, but Jeff went out fast and ran one of his hardest efforts of the year to finish three places ahead of the Fossil, just enough to grab tenth place by one point.  In the last half mile, Jeff caught Mike Abraham, while Brian Vanderheiden caught the Fossil to turn the tables.

    In other news, former Regular Bob Bouclier returned to Roxbury after an absense of more than five years.  He's older, the father of a 12-year old, and a little slower.  To put this in perspective, when Fossil ran his first Roxbury race in August of 1986, Fossil (much younger at the time) finished second; Bouck won.  Bouck was this week's only "rookie." It's been a while.

    Shiloh Gawe won the battle in the "Other" division over Copper Zarger.  Shiloh finished 39th overall in 21:53, a little over four minutes ahead of her rival.

Pictures

    At the top, this week's winner Theresa Krebs shows off her Rookie of the Year plaque.  Below that, we have this week's winner and Points winner Ken Merrick.  Ken ran a 2:59 marathon at Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago.    After that, Bob Satterlee trying to push over a post. Farther down we have women's points winner Rapid Lynn Zuback, on a warmer day, smiling and waving.  After that, a group of our friends laughing after the race.    Way down at the bottom we have Fossil in Germany, six time zones east of here, meeting another dragon.  Both the Fossil and the Dragon survived the encounter, only slightly the worse for wear. 

Marathon

  1. When?  Saturday, December 11 at 8:30 am.
  2. Registration - at the start, $5.
  3. Course - 8.4 miles down to Judd's Bridge and back, followed by five 3.55 mile loops (Down Hemlock).    This makes it so we can have LOTS of water stops with just a few volunteers.  
  4. Relays - teams of any size up to five.  Exchanges allowed at the bridge (about 4.1 miles), at the first time across the finish line (about 8.2 miles) and every 3.55 miles thereafter.  
  5. Awards - a marathon is its on reward.  Finish first and you get the first dibs on the refreshments.
  6. Special features - Abe proposes to have a nice fire in the fireplace in the pavilion to help keep one side of you warm if it's cold.
  7. Rain date - in the event of inclement weather, we may run anyway, postpone for a week, or even cancel.  Watch the web site for clues about what to do.  Hope for nice weather.

 

 The Roxbury Races are now listed on the Internet both on RunningInTheUSA and on HiTekRacing.com

 

       

 

This week's results  

 

 
1 13.35 Ken Merrick 35 ( 5.40 min per mile)
2 14.01 Jeff Sheldon 24 ( 5.50 min per mile)
3 14.06 Mark LoSacco 35 ( 5.53 min per mile)
4 14.16 Ken Moffitt 51 ( 5.57 min per mile)
5 14.19 Mark Andrejczyk 31 ( 5.58 min per mile)
6 14.24 Pete Gillen 22 ( 6.00 min per mile)
7 14.38 Dave Harvey 40 ( 6.06 min per mile)
8 14.44 Scott Holmes 42 ( 6.08 min per mile)
9 14.50 Jeff Tindell 54 ( 6.11 min per mile)
10 15.00 Mike Abraham 44 ( 6.15 min per mile)
11 15.11 Brian Vanderheiden 34 ( 6.20 min per mile)
12 15.22 Ed Sandifer 52 ( 6.24 min per mile)
13 15.27 Mark Zerbe 43 ( 6.26 min per mile)
14 15.51 Marty Ogden 35 ( 6.36 min per mile)
15 16.04 Lou Denaro 43 ( 6.42 min per mile)
16 16.14 Theresa Krebs 34 ( 6.46 min per mile)
17 16.44 Dan Lamb 42 ( 6.58 min per mile)
18 16.45 Bill Gillen 39 ( 6.59 min per mile)
19 16.46 John Murphy Jr. 54 ( 6.59 min per mile)
20 16.57 Paul Teixeira 44 ( 7.04 min per mile)
21 17.08 Jeff Field 37 ( 7.08 min per mile)
22 17.14 Caroline White 41 ( 7.11 min per mile)
23 18.01 Chris Norris 35 ( 7.30 min per mile)
24 18.07 Carrie Forsman 37 ( 7.33 min per mile)
25 18.11 Tom McNulty 38 ( 7.35 min per mile)
26 18.26 Sinead Blevio 31 ( 7.41 min per mile)
27 18.39 Lynn Zuback 38 ( 7.46 min per mile)
28 18.43 Scott Benjamin 46 ( 7.48 min per mile)
29 18.59 Mario Hasz 55 ( 7.55 min per mile)
30 19.04 Cindy Scannell 46 ( 7.57 min per mile)
31 19.20 Bob Bouclier 47 ( 8.03 min per mile)
32 20.17 Carl Rosa 39 ( 8.27 min per mile)
33 20.42 Katie Neils 12 ( 8.38 min per mile)
34 21.02 Ron Karl 62 ( 8.46 min per mile)
35 21.05 Kathy Kost 31 ( 8.47 min per mile)
36 21.20 Jeanne Bartkus 45 ( 8.53 min per mile)
37 21.30 George Hermann 46 ( 8.58 min per mile)
38 21.36 Walt Schuttler 52 ( 9.00 min per mile)
39 21.53 Shiloh Gawe 4 ( 9.07 min per mile)
40 21.54 Sharon Gawe 51 ( 9.08 min per mile)
41 22.29 Charlie Euston 59 ( 9.22 min per mile)
42 22.59 Al Mletzko 62 ( 9.35 min per mile)
43 23.38 Richard Bartkus 54 ( 9.51 min per mile)
44 25.06 Steve Schoeller 49 ( 10.28 min per mile)
45 26.06 Copper Zarger   ( 10.53 min per mile)
46 26.06 Lee Ann Zarger 49 ( 10.53 min per mile)
47 26.03 Dennis Harrington 50 ( 10.51 min per mile)
48 26.04 Corinne Bellemare 45 ( 10.52 min per mile)
Alt 0.41 mile
49 6.40 April Neils        
50 6.41 Bob Lewis 39

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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